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Words on Fire Audiobook Summary

This book is about the power of communication to do great harm and how civic leaders and engaged citizens can hold other leaders accountable to prevent it. Author Helio Fred Garcia focuses on the language President Trump uses that conditions an audience to accept, condone, and commit violence against a targeted group, rival, or critic.

Including a history of such rhetoric, this book identifies a playbook consisting of twelve forms of communication that typically precede genocides and other acts of mass violence. The Rwandan Hutu used ten, the Nazis used all twelve, and Trump uses all twelve too. Such language triggers lone wolves to commit violence. Since 9/11, the use of rhetoric that provokes violence has been known as “stochastic terrorism,” a phrase that can be confusing and make discussion difficult. Garcia suggests a more accessible name: lone-wolf whistle violence, on the model of “dog whistle” politics. He draws on the most recent scholarship on lone wolves, their mindset, and what it takes to activate them to commit violence, demonstrating how Trump’s increasingly dangerous rhetoric throughout his campaign and first term has motivated such individuals. He also describes the changes in the nation’s political culture and media that led to Trump’s nomination and presidency but also profiles leaders who dialed back their rhetoric when it was shown to put people’s lives in danger. Words on Fire closes with a call to action: we all–civic leaders, engaged citizens, journalists, and public officials–must recognize this phenomenon so that we can take steps to hold our leaders accountable in the future.

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Words on Fire Audiobook Narrator

Patrick Lawlor is the narrator of Words on Fire audiobook that was written by Helio Fred Garcia

Patrick Lawlor is an accomplished audiobook narrator, stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. The recipient of an AudioFile Earphones Award, he was also a finalist for an Audie Award.

About the Author(s) of Words on Fire

Helio Fred Garcia is the author of Words on Fire

Words on Fire Full Details

Narrator Patrick Lawlor
Length 8 hours 56 minutes
Author Helio Fred Garcia
Category
Publisher Dreamscape Media
Release date June 30, 2020
ISBN 9781666554328

Subjects

The publisher of the Words on Fire is Dreamscape Media. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Business & Economics, Leadership

Additional info

The publisher of the Words on Fire is Dreamscape Media. The imprint is Dreamscape Media. It is supplied by Dreamscape Media. The ISBN-13 is 9781666554328.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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